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Have You Tried A Stress Ball?

January 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment

One of the best ways to deal with any type of stress is to have something to squeeze or throw. Enter the stress ball. A stress ball is a squeezable toy, usually made of some type of foam. You squeeze it with your hand or with your fingers, ostensibly to either help relieve stress and muscle tension or to exercise the muscles of the hand. It doesn’t have to be round. Some are heart shaped. Some are football shaped. There are a variety of shapes and sizes. These things are readily available in most office environments these days. Companies often give them away as gifts and as marketing items. Try throwing the softest ones at your computer monitor when you get frustrated. They should bounce back in your lap quite easily without … Read entire article »

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Advice On Dying Audio Book

January 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment

“Everyone dies, but no one is dead,” goes the Tibetan saying. It is with these words that Advice on Dying takes flight. Using a seventeenth-century poem written by a prominent scholar-practitioner, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience in life when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm (Shakespeare’s ‘little death”). The stages are described so vividly that we can imagine the process of traveling deeper into the mind, on the ultimate journey of transformation. In this way, His Holiness shows us how to prepare for that time and, in doing so, how to enrich our time on earth, die without fear or upset, … Read entire article »

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Back Pain Medications

January 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment

If regular nonprescription pills are not helping to alieve your back pain your doctor may decide to prescribe a narcotic analgesic. These pills should never be abused, and must only be taken as recommended by your doctor. It can be easy to become addicted to these pills, so you’ll want to make sure you follow your doctor’s explicit instructions. Corticosteroids, anti-inflammatory drugs, are also a great way to solve your back pain problems. Again, this is something your doctor can prescribe to you. Before you take any medications for your back pain make sure your doctor knows any other medications you are currently taking. The wrong drugs can react dangerously with each other. Also, make sure you’re aware of the side effects before you start taking any pills for your back pain. Most of the pain pills you … Read entire article »

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Causes of Diabetes

January 27th, 2007 | 2 Comments

There is only one cause for diabetes, and this is simply having too much glucose in the blood. Diabetes is a condition where the body is unable to regulate the level of glucose (a sugar) in the blood, resulting in too much glucose being present in the blood. Diabetes occurs when there is too much glucose in the blood.  Or, to be more precise, diabetes occurs when the body is unable to regulate the level of glucose in the blood, resulting in too much glucose being present. Over time, the high blood glucose levels as a result of diabetes may cause serious complications, such as damage blood vessels and nerve cells, leading to damaged eyes, nerves and kidneys and an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, impotence, and foot problems. The presence of diabetes … Read entire article »

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Fat Overload Kills Mammalian Cells

January 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment

Washington School of Medicine scientists say they’ve identified a protein that triggers death in mammalian cells that are overloaded with saturated fat. “When lipids (fats) accumulate in tissues other than adipose tissue, cellular dysfunction or cell death results,” says senior author Dr. Jean Schaffer, associate professor of medicine, molecular biology and pharmacology at the St. Louis school. “For example, preliminary studies on animals suggest that the accumulation of fat in the pancreas contributes to the development of diabetes, while accumulation of lipids in skeletal muscle of leads to insulin resistance.” Other studies have linked the genesis of heart failure to fat-induced cell dysfunction and cell death in the heart. “As physicians our primary focus in diabetic patients is on glucose control,” said Schaffer, a cardiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. “But it appears we … Read entire article »

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Walk Away The Pounds On Audio

January 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment

Losing weight has never been easier or more fun than with Leslie Sansone’s Walk Away the Pounds. For over twenty-five years, Leslie has helped more women get off the couch and onto their feet than anyone else in the fitness industry. Her secret? If you can walk, you can achieve the weight-loss goals you dream about… with none of the intimidation or negative messages that have stopped you from succeeding before. Whether you are a beginner or have been walking with Leslie for years, whether you are a teen or a senior or somewhere in between, you will see results. You will lose real weight, and keep it off – twenty pounds, forty, sixty, or even more. All you need is fifteen minutes a day for starters, two feet, and a … Read entire article »

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